{"id":19320,"date":"2018-06-19T17:15:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19320"},"modified":"2018-06-19T17:15:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:15:18","slug":"dcms-areas-of-research-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19320","title":{"rendered":"DCMS Areas of Research Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DDCMS_website190618.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19321\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DDCMS_website190618.png\" alt=\"website\" width=\"300\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a>The first Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Areas of Research Interest (ARI) publication has been issued, summarising the most important research questions facing DCMS.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>DCMS writes:<\/p>\n<p>This document sets out the collective areas of research interest that are important to DCMS for good policy and decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>It outlines DCMS\u2019s interest in existing evidence and best practice and highlights areas where we encourage new research and discussion.<\/p>\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research on the economic and social impacts of heritage on local surroundings e.g. on house prices\/businesses, increasing mutual understanding and cohesion etc.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence to help understand the impact heritage can have on an individual e.g. the role of heritage in daily life and the relationship between heritage and identity, health and well-being.<\/li>\n<li>Further analysis into the diversity of the museums sector (employees and volunteers), particularly at senior levels and visitors (by age, socio-economic background, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexuality).<\/li>\n<li>Greater evidence of the wider impacts of museums (e.g. on physical and mental wellbeing, house prices, community cohesion).<\/li>\n<li>Further research into the drivers of cultural engagement and participation, in particular by age, socio-economic background, disability, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.<\/li>\n<li>Research into evolving preferences and supply of culture due to technological innovations, in particular the role digital culture can play in reaching new and existing audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MHCLG\u2019s research interests include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evidence requirements linked to the Government\u2019s Integrated Communities Strategy around what works to promote better integration at local levels, and removing the barriers to integration;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exploring ways to measure, monitor and evaluate integration at a national and local level and working with other Departments to boost the quality of evidence on migration and integration impacts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/dcms-areas-of-research-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Areas of Research Interest (ARI) publication has been issued, summarising the most important research questions facing DCMS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19322,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19320\/revisions\/19322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}